I think this is an interesting point, which deserves to be discussed.
According to your previous postings you seem assume that the creation of the primeval human persons endowed with free will (and therefore capable of being guilty of sin) happened at about 50,000 years ago:
My assumption is that this endowment happened at 3,500 BC.
In either case the primeval human persons with free will were created by God at a time when Homo sapiens consisted in hundreds of thousands (your assumption) respectively several millions (my assumption) of individuals spread all over the earth.
In this context the following questions are of interest:
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Were all these hundreds thousands respectively several millions of Homo sapiens endowed by God with free will at once?
If YES, then the term “Adam and Eve” in Genesis represents obviously all of them.
If NO, then the endowment with free will was a gradual process and one can further ask: -
Did God first endow with free will only a single couple, called “Adam and Eve” in Genesis?
Or alternatively: -
Did God endow with free will a small population like that of a village or little town, and accordingly the term “Adam and Eve” in Genesis represents all of them?
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In Case 2 and Case 3, when did God endow with free will the other (hundreds of thousands respectively millions) Homo sapiens individuals?
My position is the following:
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On the basis of the teaching of Jesus Christ himself I endorse that in the beginning God endowed with free will a small population. “Adam and Eve” can as well refer to this primeval population of persons endowed with free will, or a single couple among these primeval persons.
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After (some or all of) these primeval persons sinned, God endowed gradually with free will all the other Homo sapiens individuals. This gradual process concluded at the end of Noah’s flood.
I would be thankful if you could express your position regarding Questions 1-4 above.